International consultant – Writer/Editor, Mogadishu, Somalia, 8 months

UNICEF works in a few of the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived kids. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential. 

Throughout 190 international locations and territories, we work for each baby, in every single place, each day, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means hand over. 

For each baby, data 

www.unicef.org/somalia 

How are you going to make a distinction? 

To qualify as an advocate for each baby you’ll have… 

• A complicated college diploma (grasp’s or greater) in Journalism, mass communication, growth research, worldwide relations, or a associated subject within the social sciences.
• At the least eight (8) years’ expertise in communication, growth, or any associated social science subject.
• Sturdy communication, interviewing, and writing abilities.
• Sturdy understanding of knowledge, interpretation, analytical and demanding pondering abilities.
• Prior expertise writing characteristic tales for publication within the media.
• Skill to work below stress and meet tight deadlines with out compromising high quality of labor.
• Information of growth points going through girls and youngsters, human rights, social inclusion and social change, gender equality, and inclusive growth.
• Growing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency is taken into account an asset. 
• Fluency in English is required. Information of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or a neighborhood language is an asset. 

For each Youngster, you exhibit… 

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

 To view our competency framework, please go to  here. 

 UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our international workforce should replicate the range of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.

UNICEF presents reasonable accommodation for consultants/particular person contractors with disabilities. This will embody, for instance, accessible software program, journey help for missions or private attendants. We encourage you to reveal your incapacity throughout your software in case you want affordable lodging through the choice course of and afterwards in your project. 

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and goals of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict baby safeguarding rules. All chosen candidates can be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules and can due to this fact bear rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply extra data to conduct a background test. 

Remarks:  

Kindly embody an all-inclusive monetary proposal together with your software.  Purposes submitted with out a monetary proposal is not going to be thought-about.

Solely shortlisted candidates can be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. 

People engaged below a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought-about “employees members” below the Employees Laws and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures and won’t be entitled to advantages offered therein (reminiscent of go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their circumstances of service can be ruled by their contract and the Common Circumstances of Contracts for the Companies of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are accountable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the cost of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines. 

The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical health insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for the whole interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of totally vaccinated standing in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which should be met previous to taking over the project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and will not be anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply areas or straight work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out capabilities for UNICEF at some stage in their consultancy contracts.